Tuesday, August 25, 2015

John & I awoke to a beautiful morning! We were blessed with a delightful 54-degree temperature last night with the predicted temperature today being 77 degrees. The sun was shining, the cloudless sky was a beautiful shade of blue, & it wasn't hard to imagine a little nip of fall in the air.

John said he was going to walk to a few stores to enjoy the weather rather than drive to them. He asked me to come along, but I declined. There were some things I wanted to take care of here, plus I wanted to go to one of the furniture stores in town to see if I could finally find a nice sofa so we wouldn't have to sit on the floor anymore.

Since the furniture store wasn't going to be opening for another 2 hours, I began to unpack a box of things to put in the bedroom closet. I then found things in that closet that needed to go to one of the storage units. I moved them to another room to take care of at another time. I went upstairs & looked through a few crochet books I had recently purchased, then sorted through more things to list on eBay. There were some boxes piled willy-nilly at the top of the stairs, so I sorted through them & neatened them up a bit, then came into this room where my computer is & sorted & neatened a bit in here as well. I carried a few things downstairs, looked into the dining room & saw some boxes there that I knew needed to go to one of the storage units. Boxes of books. Eight boxes of books. I decided to move them over next to the back door where it would be convenient for John to take them to the car. Things were going well until I picked up the 8th box. I immediately felt a sharp pain in my lower back, & I immediately thought "You idiot!!!" I was diagnosed with OA in my lumbar spine many years ago. I know better than to lift heavy boxes of books.

I knew I had an ice pack & surprisingly remembered where it was ... in the bathroom cupboard rather than in the freezer. It's in the freezer now & hopefully will be ready to bring a wee bit of relief to my back in the not too distant future. Of course without a sofa or chair to sit in, getting comfy with an ice pack is going to be difficult : (

After the initial blinding pain, I hobbled over to the steps, sat down, talked with God for a while, & marveled at just how stupid I can be. I also thought about how we never know from one moment to the next what will happen in our lives. There I was, one moment accomplishing something, planning to do some shopping, etc ... & the next moment painfully incapacitated.

If you could manage to say a prayer or two for me today, I would most definitely appreciate it.

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I do feel your pain, Shirlee. I stepped out of the car this AM; one foot landed on level pavement and one landed in a pothole of sorts. Ouch! I will certainly lift you up in prayer for you. Hope you find a couch and/or chair soon.

Oh gee, I am sorry that happened!! I know in the past week, I did something to myself that made me sore for a bit... but nothing serious like you! I will pray for healing so that you can continue in settling down. Hugs!